Souper

[theo_wyvern]

Is soup eaten or drunk in a language sense ?

[indiesinger]

Well for me it depends how it comes. If I make it and have it in a bowl, I eat it. If I make a quick Cup-A-Soup and have it in a mug, I drink it. I suppose, subconsciously, for me, the answer depends on whether cutlery is used. If I use a spoon and a bowl, I'm eating it. If I'm sipping it out of a mug, I'm drinking it.

[Quizmonster]

I certainly don't want to start another fracas with Indiesinger! But - since it is basically liquid, however thick - soup is drunk, not eaten, regardless of the sipping/spooned approach to it in my opinion.

[Constantine]

Tricky one this. I can see Monsiuer Le Quiz's pov, but surely that arguement falls down when you've got a good home made soup and you've got to chew on all the veg or ham, or even noodles/pasta. Hmmm.. OK: if you've got to chew it, then it's "eat" but no chewing = "drink". Depending on if it's in a mug or a bowl. Or if you soak it into crusty bread. Or... AARRGGHH! I dunno.

[thewillow]

Does it really matter?

[Janetex]

Ya drinks up all yer soup using your spoon n plate creckly pleeze!

[molly]

I usually 'sup' my soup

[bernardo]

People drink soup, because it is a liquid. If there are bits in it which need to be chewed, then one has to eat the bits, but not the soup itself. In answer to thewillow's question - yes it does matter. People who incorrectly try to pretend that soup is "eaten" are intrinsically evil, and should be drowned in a large bowl of soup.

[lebel]

I have to agree with Indiesinger, soup is eaten if it in a bowl, (hence cutlery) and drunk from a cup. What about Apple pie and custard? you don't eat the pie and then drink the custard, do you?

[kalise25]

Well, the matron in my school always insisted that "one eats one's soup". I suppose that's because you have to use cutlery (if it's in a bowl, of course). But I would agree with the above about drinking a Cuppasoup!